Transport committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I can make a comment on that. For sure that's what we need. The shipping contracts out there are... [Technical difficulty--Editor] to protect. There's just no way they should be out to have an indemnity clause in there that says they are not liable or anything.

Transport committee  The major fleets certainly are. The larger fleets have the same requirements for the owner-operators to work the same training as a company driver. Some of the smaller fleets use a different standard as far as over the road control is concerned. But the required training for the

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, if I could make a comment as well. Alberta does support minimum mandatory driver training. It's necessary to have a standard so that the drivers' competencies are proven before they're out on the road with the public. There needs to be entry-level training established

Transport committee  I'll make a comment, Mr. Chair, on this. The department of transport in each province, via the regulations for transportation, do facility audits. When they do facility audits they inspect and look at the incidents and accidents that the carrier had. You are responsible to maint

Transport committee  That is true...[Technical difficulty--Editor]. That's where the rigorous training comes into play, and the emergency response plan being there so...[Technical difficulty--Editor] is an incident. But the incidents...[Technical difficulty--Editor] are there. They're a small amoun

Transport committee  [Technical difficulty--Editor]...if I got off track—

Transport committee  It's just a microphone button that I push down. If I hold it closer to me, does that work any better?

Transport committee  I was saying in regard to the truck-driver simulating, that the AMTA, the Alberta Motor Transport Association, has invested in two one...[Technical difficulty--Editor] and one mobile, so we can get our members and even non-members in the rural communities with the simulated truck

Transport committee  We have regulated training for our drivers to transport dangerous goods. There should be regulated training for the shippers driving these goods because some of them are lacking in their knowledge. It would be important if companies established a training program that recognized

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for allowing the Alberta Motor Transport Association to participate in the review of the Canadian transportation regime regarding safe transportation of dangerous goods and the safety management systems. I understand that this committee has heard